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Top tips for .htaccess and Robots.txt Part 1

admin — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:00:11 +0000

We often find with clients that the .htaccess and robots.txt file is most of the time left as standard or not used at all, This can not only cause your site to be using unnecessary bandwidth but can also expose it to scrapers, crawlers and “bad bots”. In this post we will go through a couple of useful hints and tips surrounding our favourite Blogging platform “wordpress” and our favorite Forum script “vbulletin” , that is not to say however that some of these things will not work on an ordinary site.I have commented below if a certain part is specifically for wordpress or vbulletin , the rest can be used across the board. This information can be found around the web

Lets start things off with the .htaccess file :

1. Redirecting www. to a non www or visa versa

: This is to ensure your site is not seen the same in two locations and is more for SEO or more specifically URL canonicalization.

What is URL canonicalization ? i hear you asking , URL canonicalization is what has been described by Matt Cutts Webspam team as “the process of picking the best url when there are several choices”

Redirect non Www to Www. :

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain.com

RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Redirect Www to non Www :

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteCond % ^www.yourdomain.com [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://yourdomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

2. Filtering Out Badbots

Bad bots are generally Web Crawlers which cause you and your site problems, From spamming , scaping ( stealing your content ) finding certain file extensions ( like Mp3′s ) and harvesting email addresses. This bad bot list should help fight at least some of them . Feel free to add to this list in the comment sections

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^BlackWidow [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bot\ mailto:craftbot@yahoo.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ChinaClaw [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Custo [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DISCo [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Download\ Demon [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^eCatch [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EirGrabber [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailSiphon [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailWolf [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Express\ WebPictures [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ExtractorPro [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EyeNetIE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^FlashGet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetRight [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetWeb! [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go!Zilla [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go-Ahead-Got-It [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GrabNet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Grafula [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HMView [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HTTrack [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Stripper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Sucker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Indy\ Library [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^InterGET [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Internet\ Ninja [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JetCar [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JOC\ Web\ Spider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^larbin [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^LeechFTP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mass\ Downloader [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MIDown\ tool [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mister\ PiX [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Navroad [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NearSite [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetAnts [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetSpider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Net\ Vampire [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetZIP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Octopus [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Explorer [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Navigator [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PageGrabber [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Papa\ Foto [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pavuk [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pcBrowser [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^RealDownload [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ReGet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SiteSnagger [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SmartDownload [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperBot [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperHTTP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Surfbot [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^tAkeOut [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Teleport\ Pro [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^VoidEYE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Image\ Collector [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Sucker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebAuto [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebCopier [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebFetch [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebGo\ IS [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebLeacher [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebReaper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebSauger [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ eXtractor [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ Quester [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebStripper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebWhacker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebZIP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Wget [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Widow [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WWWOFFLE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Xaldon\ WebSpider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Zeus [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*WebZIP.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Iria.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Stripper.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Offline.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Copier.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Crawler.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Snagger.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Teleport.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Reaper.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Wget.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Grabber.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Sucker.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Downloader.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Siphon.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Collector.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Mag-Net.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Widow.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Pockey.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*DA.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Snake.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*BackWeb.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*gotit.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Vacuum.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*SmartDownload.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Pump.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*HMView.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Ninja.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*HTTrack.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*JOC.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*likse.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Memo.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*pcBrowser.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*SuperBot.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*leech.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Mirror.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Recorder.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*GrabNet.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Likse.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Navroad.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*attach.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Magnet.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Surfbot.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Bandit.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Ants.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Buddy.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Whacker.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*DISCo\Pump.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Drip.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*EirGrabber.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*ExtractorPro.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*EyeNetIE.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*FlashGet.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*GetRight.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Gets.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Go!Zilla.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Go-Ahead-Got-It.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Grafula.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*IBrowse.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*InterGET.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Internet\Ninja.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*JetCar.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*JustView.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*MIDown\tool.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Mister\PiX.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*NearSite.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*NetSpider.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Offline\Explorer.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*PageGrabber.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Papa\Foto.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Pockey.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*ReGet.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Slurp.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*SpaceBison.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*SuperHTTP.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Teleport.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*WebAuto.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Webcam\Watcher.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*WebCopier.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*WebFetch.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*WebReaper.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*FreeLoader.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Clint’s\Webcam.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*WebCam\Spy.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*CamEVU.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*iCamMaster.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Cam\Chaser\Pro.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*FlashIT.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*WebSauger.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*WebStripper.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*WebWhacker.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*WebZIP.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Web\Image\Collector.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Web\Sucker.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Webster.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Wget.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*eCatch.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*ia_archiver.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*lftp.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*tAkeOut.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*FileHound.*$
RewriteRule ^.* – [F,L]

3. Blocking access to your .htaccess file

. You really dont want people looking at your .htaccess file so use this to block them.

order allow,deny

deny from all

Now for the Robots.txt , The robots.txt is known as The Robots Exclusion Protocol. Basically meaning it can be used to tell web robots not to crawl a certain part of the sites structure, Most importantly places like admin folders , not only will this save you bandwidth but will also save the bots from indexing potencially harmful folders.

1. The best Robots.txt Document to use for wordpress blogs :

Note – Should only be used with WordPress installs

User-agent: *

Disallow: /wp-content/

Disallow: /wp-icludes/

Disallow: /trackback/

Disallow: /wp-admin/

Disallow: /archives/

Disallow: /category/

Disallow: /tag/*

Disallow: /tag/

Disallow: /wp-*

Disallow: /login/

Disallow: /*.js$

Disallow: /*.inc$

Disallow: /*.css$

Disallow: /*.php$

User-agent: All

Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Image

Disallow: /

User-agent: ia_archiver

Disallow: /

User-agent: duggmirror

Disallow: /

2. The best Robots.txt documents to use with vbulletin Forums

: Note – Should only be used with vbulletin installs

User-agent: *

Disallow: /cgi-bin/

Disallow: /admincp/

Disallow: /announcement.php

Disallow: /calendar.php

Disallow: /cron.php

Disallow: /editpost.php

Disallow: /faq.php

Disallow: /joinrequests.php

Disallow: /login.php

Disallow: /member.php

Disallow: /misc.php

Disallow: /modcp/

Disallow: /moderator.php

Disallow: /newreply.php

Disallow: /newthread.php

Disallow: /online.php

Disallow: /printthread.php

Disallow: /private.php

Disallow: /profile.php

Disallow: /register.php

Disallow: /search.php

Disallow: /sendmessage.php

Disallow: /showgroups.php

Disallow: /showpost.php

Disallow: /subscription.php

Disallow: /subscriptions.php

Disallow: /threadrate.php

Disallow: /usercp.php

Obviously you could expand on these no end , however we feel these are at very least the basic functions that every wordpress and vbulletin install should ship with.

We’d love to hear comments on other methods or code you guys use to protect and opimise your sites, this is the end of part 1 . However Stay subscribed for Part 2 to be posted in the near future with more hints and tips including hotlink protection and how to locate the badbots useragents from your sites log files.

Top tips for .htaccess and Robots.txt Part 1

Webmaster and SEO Resources Support Site

admin — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:08:07 +0000

RivMedia - Digital Marketing Agency

Triphp is a great website that has a lot to offer to anyone that has any kind of interest in the internet or website design and development. The website offers a range of things including a variety of free resources to its visitors as well as valuable information that will not be able to be found anywhere else on the web.

The Triphp.com website has basically been set up in order to give website designers, developers and webmasters the tools that they will need, all in one location. For example, there is a great resources section to the Triphp.com website that offers a range of useful things to any website designer, developer or webmaster including things like an email to image converter, pagerank checker, website speed test and much more. All of these things are available for free to any visitors of the website.

Visit the Site

As well as this, there is also a fantastic blog that will give some excellent resources and advice to anyone that visits it. There are numerous blog posts updated on the website every week with advice on a variety of subjects. The blog posts usually consist of top 10 lists (e.g. top 10 website hosts or 10 of the best video sharing websites). All of the content on the blog is extremely useful to any website developer.

Added on to this, there is also a section that offers a variety of tutorials for webmasters. These are extremely useful and a great learning resource if you are looking to expand your knowledge. There is also a forum on the website that will allow you to discuss issues and thoughts with likeminded people and there is always a great discussion going on. Discussions usually range from anything to do with website design, SEO tools and so on.

Webmaster and SEO Resources Support Site

Ten of the Best Forum Scripts Based around PHP & Perl

josh — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:46:34 +0000

RivMedia - Digital Marketing Agency

When you are looking to set up a new website, you might consider starting a forum website. Even if you have a website already, you may consider adding a forum to it, so that your users can chat with each other and you can possibly make more money. If you wish to do this, then the first thing you need to do is to actually decide which forum script you are going to use. All of them have their advantages and disadvantages and choosing a good one can be a pain. We have therefore created a list of ten forum scripts that we think are the best.

1. PhpBB

This is one of the most popular forum scripts and it has come far since its creation in the year 2000. Click here to visit the website.

2. Simple Machines Forum

You may not have heard of this one but it is great. Basically it is a free forum script that is extremely professional. Click here to visit the website.

3. PunBB

This forum script is a PHP powered script and is quite lightweight compared with some of the others. Click here to visit the website.

4. Vanilla1

This is an open source forum script that has many features such as different languages and many others. Click here to visit the website.

5. SEO-Board

This forum software it extremely fast and it optimsied specifically for search engines. Click here to visit the website.

6. Aterr

This is another open source forum script that is a threaded forum system. Click here to visit the website.

7. Unclassified Newsboard

This is a PHP based, open source and free forum script that acts as an internet bulletin board. Click here to visit the website.

8. bbPress

This is a very plain and easy to use forum script that has been designed specifically to be easy to use and maintain. Click here to visit the website.

9. FluxBB

This is a great open source forum script that is very fast and user friendly. Click here to visit the website.

10. iKonBoard

This is a very high profile web bulletin board script and is extremely unique. Click here to visit the website.

Ten of the Best Forum Scripts Based around PHP & Perl

Reasons to Outsource SEO Tasks

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:30:31 +0000

RivMedia - Digital Marketing Agency

Are you the type of webmaster who never has enough time in the day? If you feel this way, you need to look into the benefits of outsourcing. Believe it or not, this is one of the best ways to save time. Along with this, when you outsource you can trust somebody else to handle jobs that you are not comfortable doing on your own. Does it get any better than that?

The main reason for outsourcing SEO tasks is to ensure that they get done the right way. Unless you know a lot about search engine optimization you should hire an outside firm. This allows you to rest easy while knowing that your site is being optimized the right way. Why risk making mistakes on your own when you can hire somebody else who is a professional in this field?

As noted above, outsourcing SEO tasks can save you a lot of time as well. As a webmaster it is safe to say that search engine optimization is only one part of your job description. You also have to consider details such as content creation, design, marketing, and much more. Instead of wasting all your time on search engine optimization and ignoring the rest of your business, you can begin to outsource important tasks. Soon enough you will begin to realize that you have much more time on your plate.

Although you will have to pay to outsource SEO tasks it is important to remember that time is money. So while you are paying, you are also saving yourself time that can be used on more important tasks.

Reasons to Outsource SEO Tasks

Comparing Internet Business Promoter vs SEO Powersuite vs Web CEO Reviews

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:20:07 +0000

RivMedia - Digital Marketing Agency

Rank	SEO Software	Features	Recommendation
		SEO PowerSuite has some excellent reporting functions,Rank tracking, competitor analysis all laid out in a manageable package. Anyone that takes SEO seriously should be with out something like this.	SEO Powersuite Review
		Web CEO has positioned itself as a market leader. One of the ways they did this was by offering more for free than its competition. Obviously, people like anything that they can get free of charge. Although there is a paid version of Web CEO, with the free software you receive quite a few features that are sure to help you take your site to the next level.	WebCEO Reviews
		Internet Business Promoter makes things simple. All you have to do is follow their directions in three areas:optimize, promote, and track.If you do what you are asked in these areas there is no stopping you	IBP Reviews

Search engine optimization can be a fickle game. One second you are dominating and the next you are falling behind your competition. As you probably know by now, the closer you get to the number one position in the major search engines the more traffic you receive. And with more traffic come more sales and/or profits.

There are three software programs that have risen to the top of the industry. They include in no particular order, Internet Business Promoter, SEO Powersuite, and Web CEO. You should consider all three of these if you are interested in making the most of your website.

Here are several areas to compare:

1. Features. Before we go any further, keep in mind that every one of these software programs offers many features. That being said, if you want the most features and are willing to pay for it, you should take a close look at Web CEO. Again, this is not to say that the others have nothing to offer but with Web CEO you get more than one can ever expect.

2. Price. It is difficult to talk about features without considering how much you will have to pay. All three software suites offer a free version – this is good for anybody who just wants to take a trial run. From there, Internet Business Promoter costs $249.95, Link-Assistant and its SEO PowerSuite costs $249, and Web CEO will set you back $199. While there is some variation in price, all three options are very close.

3. Usability. This is a difficult detail to rate because everybody is looking for something different from their SEO software. To get a good idea of how easy each one is to use, you should personally test out the free demo. You will find, like most consumers, they all have something great to offer. Hopefully one sticks out above the rest as to make your decision easier.

4. Support. When you rely on the free version of these software programs you should not expect much in terms of support. But when you pay for the tools you will get everything you want in this area. Have a question? All three teams are willing to help. Want to suggest a feature for a future version? Again, you will be heard.

5. Reach. All of these programs have many clients. For example, more than 677k people or organizations are currently using Web CEO. Some of their clients include IBM, PayPal, Hitachi, Motorola, Nissan, Deloitte, and J.B. Hunt among many others. While the other two companies may not have as many clients, both work with individual webmasters all the way up to Fortune 500 firms.

Before buying any SEO software you should learn as much as you can about each option. As you can see, features, price, usability, support, and reach are a good place to start. Of course, you are the one using the software so you should put together your own comparison system. This will help to ensure that you make the right decision.

In closing, even though each option has something to offer you cannot go wrong with any of them.

Take a look at these three reviews to make up your mind :

SEO Powersuite Review

Obviously, people like anything that they can get free of charge.

Although there is a paid version of Web CEO, with the free software you receive quite

a few features that are sure to help you take your site to the next level.

Comparing Internet Business Promoter vs SEO Powersuite vs Web CEO Reviews

Web CEO Review and Purchase

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:09:48 +0000

RivMedia - Digital Marketing Agency

Web CEO Review

If you are interested in what Web CEO has to offer, you do not have to look much further than the company’s homepage. It states, “Web CEO is the most complete SEO software package on the planet; plus, our SEO software offers more for free than any other software package or suite for SEO.”

As you can already tell, Web CEO has positioned itself as a market leader. One of the ways they did this was by offering more for free than its competition. Obviously, people like anything that they can get free of charge. Although there is a paid version of Web CEO, with the free software you receive quite a few features that are sure to help you take your site to the next level.

There are five points that make Web CEO one of the best going today. They include:

1. Find your niche. This is done through keyword research, search engine optimization, and a web page editor. You never have to worry about finding a website niche when you rely on Web CEO.

2. Promote your site. Don’t know anything about internet marketing? Again, Web CEO has you covered. It gives you tools for search engine submission, link partner finder, and PPC campaigns manager.

3. Analyze your site. You always need to be watching for changes to your site, both good and bad. The site analyzer offers a ranking checker, link popularity analyzer, and web analytics.

4. Maintain your site. This portion of the Web CEO includes an FTP uploader, website quality audit, and website monitoring.

5. Professionalize. Web CEO software offers many features that will make your entire business run more smoothly. With a scheduler, dashboard, journal, and report sharing system you get everything you could possibly need.

As noted above, there is a full functional free version of Web CEO that is a great place to start. But when you are ready to upgrade and take advantage of all the top features, you will be asked to pay $199 for the SmallBiz Edition or $389 for the Professional Edition.

You should be able to see by now that Web CEO is a market leader in the SEO tool department.

Take a look at these three reviews to make up your mind :

Web CEO Review and Purchase

SEO Powersuite Review – Link Assistant Purchase

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:56:53 +0000

RivMedia - Digital Marketing Agency

SEO Powersuite Review

Becoming a search engine leader is not as difficult as you may think. In fact, you can take your site to the top of the most popular search engines in no time at all. Of course, if you want this to happen you need to take the proper steps. One of the best things you can do is get involved with SEO Powersuite. This software can go a long way in helping your site rank higher, and in turn make you more money. And that is what you want, right?

Here are a few of the features that have made Link-Assistant and its SEO PowerSuite software a major player in the industry:

1. You get it all. When you rely on this software you will never again have to look anywhere else for SEO assistance. Simply put, you get everything you want plus much more. Not only does this save you time, but it saves you tons of money in the long run as well.

2. Reliable. SEO PowerSuite was tested time and time again to ensure that it could stand up to anything that is thrown its way. Everybody from individual webmasters to Fortune 500 companies rely on this software. Surely that is good enough for you.

3. Fast. Do you really want to wait month after month for your site to reach the top of the search engines? Of course you don’t. With SEO PowerSuite you have the guidance needed to grab the number one spot on all the search engines including Google, Yahoo, and Bing.

If you are interested in getting started with SEO PowerSuite there is a free version that offers many of its top features. Those who want to take things to the next level can purchase a full copy of SEO PowerSuite for $249. This gives you more features, professional support, and free updates for life.

Those who want more from their website should head to here and check out SEO PowerSuite and all its benefits. You will surely like what you see!

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